IBM Rational software podcast series

This podcast will introduce Flash and Flex security. It will present the most prevalent security concerns in these technologies; suggest techniques on how to test for their existence and will provide recommendations and best practices for avoiding such security vulnerabilities.

In this podcast, Stefano Sergi, IBM Rational Product Line Manager for EGL and Rational Business Developer, talks about "EGL", IBM newest business language for accelerating Web and SOA development for i5/OS.

Listen to IBM Rational Quality Management evangelist and thought leader, Mike Lundblad, discuss the new Quality Management thought leadership whitepaper series and its first paper titled, "When am I done testing?" -- a new barometer for measuring the business risk of release versus the cost of continuing testing that provides an innovative framework for answering the questions: "Is it wise to continue spending money on quality assurance?", "Will further testing cost more than it is worth?", "Am I sacrificing too much value if I delay going to market now?", "Is the software even ready for release?"

In an uncertain economy, IT needs to do more with less. Given tightening budgets, and increased competition to innovate and adapt to change in a difficult marketplace, businesses need to align their business and IT goals, while at the same time reusing and repurposing existing applications and technologies to take advantage of modern architectural frameworks such as SOA. IBM can help businesses reduce the total cost of ownership of their IT investments - investments which they have either just acquired, or investments which already exist in mainframe systems across lines of business. In many cases, there is no clear knowledge of the importance of these applications to the business, and IBM can help customers understand this massive portfolio of applications through consolidation and modernization to help eliminate duplication, reduce maintenance burden and improve IT effectiveness.

Listen to Jerry Krasner, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President of Embedded Market Forecasters and its parent company, American Technology International. Jerry, a recognized authority with over 30 years of embedded industry experience, advises vendors and consumers on what software and embedded developers are using, what is working and what is not, and the associated costs of product development. During this podcast, Jerry will discuss and share his recent findings that are presented in his ROI paper, The Economics of Embedded Development, Testing, Deployment and Support. This discussion is intended to help senior management consider alternative development strategies that can be used to enhance design outcomes, meet market windows of opportunity, and minimize product recalls.

Organizations are being asked to be more responsive, efficient, and effective in supporting their business goals. Some development teams are turning to agile methods to address this challenge. However, reporting, auditing and compliance requirements, such as Sarbanes-Oxley or CMMI initiatives, often require more than self-organizing teams. This podcast will provide an overview of how connecting people, best practices, processes, and tools can increase your productivity and build systems and software that better meet the needs of your customers.

Rational Team Concert is the new collaborative development environment that provides Source Control Management, Team Awareness and Governance to modern application development environments. This will be a discussion of the similar features and differences between Rational Team Concert and Rational Team Concert for i for proper positioning.

An introduction to the new collaborative software development environment, Rational Team Concert for i, that provides Source Control Management, Team Awareness, and Governance for the IBM i development environment. George Farr, Rational Product Line Manager for System i Tools will discuss how this platform, based on the new Rational Jazz technology, helps you deliver high quality software that meets ever changing market demands.

The role of the business analyst is rapidly changing in today's challenging economic environment. As it becomes more critical for organizations to increase business value while using the same or fewer resources, innovation is key for BA's to provide this value. Join Ashok Reddy, a Director of Product Delivery Organization at IBM Rational, to examine the changing role of business analyst at IBM and discuss how this pivotal role is helping to drive more effective product and project delivery and keeping teams aligned to the business outcomes. Ashok Reddy is responsible for product delivery in areas consisting of Security, Jazz Platform, Process Automation, Reporting and Process Products and to bring an outside in customer/market view to deliver products that help customers achieve their business outcomes.

Michael Suby, Director of Stratecast and an analyst at Frost & Sullivan, talks about the importance of Web Vulnerability Scanning. In this podcast, you will learn the why businesses of all sizes, small and large, should be scanning for web vulnerabilities as well as how web vulnerability scanning fits relative to other security technologies. Suby then goes on to discuss best practices in the use of web vulnerability scanning in order to help keep your company and your company's critical data safe.

Joe Lea speaks on the use of dynamic scripting language skills in WebSphere sMash to develop fast and agile applications that meet businesses' situational needs.

An introduction to the software development components of the Systems & Software Delivery Platform from IBM, featuring Rational and Telelogic. This platform helps you deliver with confidence, high quality software that meets ever changing market demands

Learn how one company used IBMs Rational Application Developer for WebSphere to succeed in their business path and deliver successful high quality application faster and with less manual coding. Funatic's William Janssen will discuss time saved, quality achieved and how Rational Application Developer for WebSphere helped differentiate Funatic from their competitors.

Hear IBM Rational Software Change and Configuration Management (SCCM) evangelist Larry Gerard discuss the new advancements that will help companies unify teams around the world, foster individual productivity, and enhance project visibility and governance. A strengthened, centralized deployment model easily adopted for global teams is at the heart of the new release.

Susan McNeice, a technology consultant at Frost & Sullivan, talks about the importance of Enterprise Architecture in the convergence of Business and IT. In this podcast, you will learn how the pace of change in your organization's business models and competition is accelerating. To achieve and sustain a competitive position, your organization needs to see the IT backed business environment systemically, across the enterprise, as a collection of interdependent components. McNeice discusses how this "enterprise view" of business demands an Enterprise Architecture to deliver an improved return on your IT investments.